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Lord Avebury
asked Her Majesty's Government:What was the funding of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights by the United Nations' regular budget and by voluntary contributions respectively, in each of the years 1995 to 2000. [HL1005]
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
(Baroness Scotland of Asthal)
The allocation to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) from the United Nations regular budget is made on a biennial basis. The OHCHR have only recorded annual allocation figures since 1998. The following data have been supplied to us by the OHCHR.The level of OHCHR funding from the UN regular budget since 1994 has been:
| US$ | |
| 1994–1995 | 42,195,900 |
| 1996–1997 | 46,354,300 |
| 1998 | 21,300,600 |
| 1999 | 22,076,400 |
| 2000 | 21,299,700 |
| US$ | |
| 1995 | 15,043,117 |
| 1996 | 24,971,066 |
| 1997 | 24,590,363 |
| 1998 | 34,441,516 |
| 1999 | 26,870,647 |
| 2000 | 43,829,835 |